Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Dr. Ryan Tietz, associate professor of exegetical theology and dean of students at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Habakkuk 3:16-19. Habakkuk’s psalm concludes with his “Job moment.” The prophet recognizes that the LORD Himself has answered, and Habakkuk trembles. God is God, and the prophet is not; who is Habakkuk that the LORD should reveal His Word and will to him? Yet Habakkuk banks on the hope that the LORD has given. The LORD will deal with evil, and His wrath against His people will lead to His mercy for them. For that reason, even if everything needed for life is taken away, Habakkuk calls for joy in the LORD. The hope in which Habakkuk speaks points us forward to the salvation that He has accomplished in the Savior, Jesus Christ. “Majoring in Minors” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that goes through the books of Obadiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. These three prophets all spoke the Word of God in the days leading up to the fall of Jerusal